Marilyn Angello: People person

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Early in her career, Marilyn Angello was an account manager for several cosmetics companies. The work included managing the salespeople behind the cosmetics counters at retailers across the country, which required plenty of travel.

Angello eventually in wanted to limit her travel and, as she enjoyed the human resources aspect of her career, she decided to focus on HR management.

She spent about 13 years at Hauppauge-based Muller Martini Corp., where as human resources manager she oversaw HR services for more than 160 employees. While at Muller Martini, she handled a wide range of matters, including medical benefits administration, 401(k) plan services, employee performance management and workers’ compensation requests.

Angello recently moved on to a human resources specialist position at Alcott HR, a professional employer organization providing HR solutions in Farmingdale. In her new role, Angello is once again an account manager, charged with developing, coordinating, executing and maintaining all areas of service provided to clients, including payroll, benefits administration, risk management, recruitment and terminations.

Like anything else, a career in HR has both positive and negative aspects, she said.

“You’re there from the very beginning, interviewing candidates and giving wonderful people the opportunity to have a career with your company,” she said. “You get to help them with benefits and with onboarding, to make sure they settle in well. You also get involved in happy events like retirements and birthday parties.”

The hard part, naturally, is terminations.

“It’s by far the worst aspect of HR,” she said. “But you have the opportunity to treat people with respect and dignity in a difficult situation.”